"American Sniper" is
breaking box office records. Most who have seen the movie have great things to
say about it... except for a few Hollywood elitists. The realities of war and
what these guys go through comes through loud and clear. The same groups of
people who have no problem making movies glorifying hit men, prostitutes,
mafia, and "shoot-'em-up bang-bang" movies seem to have a big problem
with the film. It just shows you how full of themselves they really are. [more...] Check out Joe on his new national show.

We hear about weapons of mass
destruction, terrorist strongholds, Sharia Law and regime changes, but the
truth was stated in 1975 and hasn't changed to this day - it's all about oil. The
rulers will try, try and try again, regardless of the expense in money and
human life or questionable alliances with Saudi Arabia/Al-Qaeda, till Middle
Eastern oil is ours. As persistent as the military oil-mongers continue to be,
so too are the central bankers. If millions and billions of shadow fiat
is not enough to make a success of the Keynesian philosophy, then most
assuredly trillions and quadrillions will do the trick. Unfortunately, the
divide between the 1% and the 99% continues to be greater and greater.
Japan, Europe, China and the United States will all travel the Keynesian road
and need more and more sacrifice by their people to keep the ruling elite in
champagne and caviar. [more...]

It
is curious to think that during one of the most hectic times of year, when
business people are executing their dutifully designed strategies for the New
Year, American footballers are preparing for their ultimate game. However, ‘Deflate
Gate’ is the new scandal that has embroiled the NFL's most successful franchise
over the past 15 years. It has been alleged that a member of the New England
Patriots disappeared into an unforeseen location with the game balls that were
to be used that day. With the investigation still ongoing and the details still
unfolding, the Patriot’s leadership is extremely defensive, irritated, and
vocal. [more...]

One
of the questions dominating the political class lately is: Why is Mitt
Romney even thinking of running yet again in 2016? The answers are really quite
simple: All losing candidates continuously chafe over their loss. They
re-run their campaign endlessly as they toss and turn through dozens of
sleepless nights. They realize all the mistakes they made and they wish they
could erase or correct those mistakes. [more...]

Tuesday
the world celebrated the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the infamous
Auschwitz concentration camp established by the Germans during World War II. Approximately
three hundred Jewish survivors of the camp attended the anniversary ceremonies
at Auschwitz. I was one of the lucky ones - the Gestapo released me a day or so
before I was transported. They had a devious plan in mind. After release, they
had me followed, hoping I would lead them to my commander, which I never did.
The following year, I fought in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, was taken prisoner by
the Germans again, and ended the war as a 16-year-old POW, finally risking a
dash for freedom onto an American truck rather than wait for "liberation"
by the Soviets. [more...]

Times have changed, but the SEIU’s motives, and the means
and tactics used to accomplish these motives remain the same. The SEIU’s
ultimate goal is to achieve its agenda of destroying America’s free enterprise
system and replacing it with socialism/communism. As seen in recent actions
across the country, it is apparent the SEIU is still intent on fundamentally
changing America, as is its cohort in the White House, President Obama. The
President continues to create a welfare state and to attempt to overwhelm the
American economy. In his State of the Union Address, Obama’s middle-class pitch
made it very clear; his agenda is to continue to pit Americans against each
other. Together, the President and the SEIU are intent on collapsing the
American system. They fervently believe that their combined O-Cloward-Piven
strategy is working, and that such a strategy is what is best for America and
the rest of the world. [more...]

"This
could be a storm the likes of which we have never seen before," said New
York City Mayor Bill de Blasio of the so-called Blizzard of 2015. Ideological
efforts by progressives like de Blasio to centrally control everything are
making our technologies and society dangerously vulnerable to natural and
human-caused disruptions. Today, the progressive politics of centralized
control are making us more vulnerable to other storms, whether from explosions
on the sun or from terrorism. As with the Internet, the more we decentralize
political power, the safer our future will be. [more...]

The American public feels more
financially secure yet more economically detached in a new survey conducted by
Bankrate.com. Unfortunately the only thing the survey proved was out-of-sight
out-of-mind and the belief that others' misfortune is not my concern. Most
remaining middle class people, when really pushed, will acknowledge the fallacy
of the 5.6% unemployment rate, after all, the 92 million people not counted in
the participation pool are real. If, however, the public is not reminded of
manipulated numbers, then it is easier for them to accept a statement "the
economy is improving, after all, the unemployment rate was 6.7% in December, a
year earlier. Of course, 5.6% is certainly better than 6.7%." [more...]

Sunday
night the White House lawn turned into a circus as chaos erupted following the
downing of an unidentified flying object. Not a UFO though, it turned out to be
a kiddy drone. In fact, the drone found on the lawn, a quad-copter, currently
ranks as one of the top 10 best-selling toys on Amazon. Quad-copter drones are
growing in popularity thanks to the fact that they can typically be purchased
for under $100. This even includes those with cameras. Meanwhile, larger drones
can cost up to $1,000. The cost-friendly toy marketed drone found on the White
House lawn is said to be able to fly up to 50 yards, meaning that it was easily
launched from one of the many public parks surrounding the White House. [more...]

Why do
progressive socialists seek free community college for everyone? For starters, it's another entitlement program. They
think it will be popular. Why would anyone want to turn down something "free"
from the government? Free community college is also part of the
progressive socialist's dream of cradle-to-grave social programs run by
big government. Indeed, they think it will give big government more control
over our lives. After all, many progressive socialists, socialists, Marxists,
and others think big government and the elite who run big government should
control the lives of citizens because citizens can't do it for
themselves. Remember the well publicized comments about Obamacare and the
stupidity of the American voter? [more...]

Is President Obama's
Indifferent Leadership Making the USA Vulnerable to Our Enemies?

What
are the consequences of President Obama's indifferent leadership on the world
stage? What about America's position in the world? What is the real
reason Speaker Boehner is inviting the Israeli Prime Minister to speak to
Congress? Do any of the GOP's 2016 candidates – or the Republican leadership on
the Hill - actually stand for anything – other than themselves? This – and much
more – will be discussed by the POLITICAL INSIDERS. [more...]

Monday, January 26, 2015

Eric Schmidt is the former software
engineer who rose to become executive chairman of Google. Schmidt recently
spoke to the top political, business, and financial minds gathered together at
the World Economic Forum. The global event was held at the fashionable Swiss
municipality of Davos.

Schmidt’s speech carried a
prediction regarding the Internet, that being the World Wide Web as we know it
is essentially destined to fade to black. Responding to a question about the Web’s
future, Schmidt said, "I will answer very simply that the Internet will
disappear."

The vanishing Net to which Schmidt
refers is not the death of the Web per say, but rather the notion that the
Internet of the future will so extensively permeate our lives, it will
effectively be subsumed into life’s backdrop. In other words, it is Schmidt’s
contention that in due time, people will no longer be consciously aware of the
actual presence of the Internet. [more...]

What is the President proposing in the
State of the Union message? First, capital gains tax rates will increase to
28%. Second, the higher capital gains tax rates will also be applied to
certain “inherited assets” that are not currently taxed. For example, if
parents buy and hold some assets during their lifetime, and then give them
to their children as part of their inheritance, the value of the assets at the
time of inheritance (typically higher than when the parents purchased the
assets) becomes the children’s tax basis for later capital gains.
Effectively, the asset appreciation during the time of the parents' ownership
is tax free. It is a vehicle for allowing tax free growth and
giving children more. Those two steps are estimated to result in $320 billion in
new taxes over a ten year period. [more...]

Given that the House and now the Senate are under Republican
control, it would seem ludicrous that the President would announce programs
that had no chance of passage. But announce he did. Falling oil prices,
rising stock market, the unemployment rate, job creation, record college
graduation, all were chronicled as Obama accomplishments. Most will insist the
evening's entertainment as light with no real substance or anything that will
seriously be accomplished. Au contraire! DOA? Not quite! [more...]

Everywhere we turn in the media, we hear the lie that the
Obama economy is in "recovery." Now it appears that Hillary has
bought into this great lie. The word is that Hillary is about to tie her
presidential campaign to Obama’s economic policies. Why? Because for the first
time she believes the economy is in "recovery." She is no longer
afraid or embarrassed to support Obama’s policies. Where are the GOP leaders to
rip this narrative to shreds? Are they so blind, deaf and dumb that they have
no idea there is no recovery for the
middle class? There is only misery and poverty. Do Republican leaders believe
the lies and propaganda spewed by Obama, his socialist cabal and the biased
leftist media? It’s so easy to attack the lies and rip the "good news"
to shreds.
[more...]

Obama's
Unbelievable "Statist of the Union" Speech Promises a "New
Foundation" for U.S. Economy

In
his "State of the Union" speech, President Obama recalled his
campaign promise to "rebuild our economy on a new foundation." He
offered few specifics Tuesday night, promising instead to "in two weeks...
send this Congress a budget filled with ideas that are practical, not partisan."
In previous years he had spoken of his plan to "fundamentally transform"
the United States, and to "Joe the Plumber" of his belief that
America works best when we "spread the wealth around." White House
media allies reported that Mr. Obama has been planning to increase federal
expenditures by at least 7 percent, despite a national deficit that has grown
by an astonishing $7.5 trillion since he became president in 2009. As with
Obamacare, "Doc Barack" apparently still believes in the collectivist
progressive notion that government can create health, wealth and happiness by
prescribing ever-greater doses of the hallucinatory, addictive drugs of taxing,
spending and borrowing. [more...]

The
reality of falling gas prices has finally hit home. It is not 1973 when the
bulk of every dollar put into the tank went to a Sheik who could care less
about the well-being of the American public. It is now 2015 when about 80% of
gasoline fill-ups stay in the continental United States and the Sheik be d____d.
Being energy self-sufficient is a wonderful thing and will probably be touted
by the President in his SOTU address. Unfortunately self-sufficiency brings the
need for a profit margin to sustain the business AND everything else that
has grown up around it. $45.00 oil doesn't
cut it. [more...]

A
few things are certainly true today: President Obama is finally seeing approval
ratings teetering around the 50/50 level recently – which is great for him.
This is worth about as much as saying that progress is underway in the fight
against poverty in third world countries – which is true, it’s just happening
excruciatingly slowly; and it depends on who you ask or where you go to obtain
that information. Complicated problems aren’t they? And by the end of the day, it all feels like
a bunch of smoke and mirrors. Instead of betting on policy changes, luck, or
the existing plan working to perfection thus necessitating no changes of any
kind, perhaps alternatives should be considered. My alternative is to create
your own economy. [more...]

Clint
Eastwood's, "American Sniper," has Hollywood insiders in a virtual
state of shock. Executives and creative minds in Hollywood are wondering why
the film did almost twice the revenue that anyone in the industry had expected.
The project had initially been perceived (and by some is still viewed) as a
simplistic, partisan, pro-military film and has a few Hollywood celebs in an
uproar. But what Eastwood actually delivers in the movie is a realistic
characterization of the consequences of war. [more...]

Who
knew that it would be so hazardous to be the Vice President? The life of a Vice
President of the United States of America cannot be an easy existence as it is;
most are likely aware of this fact. Set aside the daily responsibility that
naturally comes along with the life of being the heir to the most powerful man
in the world. Set aside as well, the inability to divulge classified
information which likely correlates with the creation of multiple stomach
ulcers. Now think about how many of the most recent Vice Presidents (two of
two) have had encounters with live fire ammunition. The most recent case with
Vice President Biden is certainly a no harm, no foul situation considering the
victimless nature of the crime. [more...]

More
taxing and more spending is precisely the wrong
strategy to take in this anemic recovery with over 92 million people who are
not working. I might add that the administration's third leg of their
strategic policy triad, namely a whole lot more regulating of the American
economy, is also counter-productive and a boat anchor on economic growth. Increasing
capital gains tax rates is a roadblock to economic growth. In examples
throughout the last century, we know that lower capital gains tax rates act as
an incentive to capital formation and investment, new business formation, new
products and services, and new jobs. Ultimately and ironically, even
government revenues get a boost with a more robust economy with lower marginal
capital gains rates. [more...]

For
those of you who really don't get it, the government does not make "revenue,"
they collect taxes. Or in plain, simple English, they take your money! I don't
have a real problem paying taxes. I don't want to do it, but I do understand
the need to pay taxes for the basics like first responders (fire, police,
ambulance), military, "basic" healthcare (hospitals and clinics),
road work and maintenance (in the form of tire or gas taxes), snow removal,
landslide removal... you get the picture: paying basic taxes for services
received. But I don't want to fund the government's stupidity and inability to
spend money wisely. [more...] Check out Joe
on his new national show.

Are the Deadly Attacks in
Europe a Warning? Are Radical Islamic Terrorists Coming to America?

It
is now war in Europe – Radical Islam vs. freedom. Is this war now
going to come to the U.S.? Is Washington, D.C. hopelessly late to the dance?
Why did it take one week for Secretary of State Kerry to get to Paris? Where is
the GOP on this – and on Obamacare and immigration? Is there a growing feeling
of betrayal inside the base of the Republican Party? Do any of the GOP's 2016
candidates actually stand for anything – other than themselves? This – and much
more – will be discussed by the POLITICAL INSIDERS. [more...]

Big
business is at war with a new cyber army. It has deployed its troops into the
new world, a new frontier, and even nation states have joined in with massive
efforts to hobble global commerce, specifically in the West. Sony, Target and
even the Defense Department, among many others, are under siege. It has only
just begun. The culprits are North Korea, China, Russia, Iran and now even
ISIS. The fact is there are land laws, maritime laws, air and space laws, but
the new frontier, cyber, is yet to be governed by similar standards and
government rules of engagement around the world. The U.S. has extremely robust
capabilities, both offensive and defensive, but critical infrastructure, power
grids, nuclear, transportation and a multi-trillion dollar electronic business
- from online business to banks and Wall Street - are woefully underprepared. 9/11,
as terrible as that was, may pale in comparison to the global economic
disruption that is coming to our shores anywhere and everywhere on the planet.
[more...]

After
steadily increasing to recent highs, the price of oil has been dropping
dramatically in the past six to eight months as worldwide oil production
reaches its own highs. Americans refuse to cut back on production because they
are supporting job creation, which is a good enough reason for most. Saudis are
not cutting production because they could care less what happens to America or
the rest of the world. This phenomenon, in part, leads to a surplus in the
American market which is contributing to the creation of a massive ripple
effect on the underlying oil commodity market. Part of the money making ability
of companies in the oil and gas Industry is directly correlated with the price
of their particular type of oil. [more...]

"U.S.
Retail Drops the Most Since 2012" ... "Holiday Sales Rise the Most
Since 2011" ... huh?A bit
confusing wouldn’t you say? But those were the headlines that greeted me with
my morning coffee. I assumed that the decline imbedded in the first headline
was due to a decrease in gasoline sales. While sales volume is probably the
same, it was just the price that dropped by 40%. I was correct, but I was
also a bit surprised to learn that miscellaneous store retailers, electronics,
appliances, clothing, sporting goods, books, music and department stores all
went negative. [more...]

Fourteen
years after 9/11, it is tragically clear that President Bush was right about
the threat we faced and Democrats are suicidally wrong. The 9/11 attacks were
indeed a salvo in the war Islamists have declared on us but even now, all these
years later, Democrats still want to regard such attacks as acts of individual
criminality, and deal with them through the legal justice system, affording
American rights to those who want to destroy American rights. Why, you
may ask yourself, is the Boston Marathon bomber going to be tried in a criminal
court of law, where he will be able to make propaganda for his cause
underwritten by his victims? Because Democrats want it that way. It shows
we're superior to everybody else. [more...]

Thursday, January 15, 2015

The
Islamic terror attack on the magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris was carried out by
Muslim criminals who were apparently trained in Yemen. Meanwhile, national
security officials are warning of an imminent threat to Europe and the United
States from jihadi soldiers who are returning from the wars in Syria and Iraq.

According
to the head of the FBI and other first responders, there is no way to stop
their re-entry because, after all, they have American passports. Nor is there
any way to stop them in Syria and Iraq since President Obama has surrendered
both countries to our enemies.

The
Democratic mayor of New York - ground zero for the Islamic war - has even
stopped the surveillance of jihadi mosques, the breeding grounds for domestic "lone
wolves." And with our southern border shredded by Mr. Obama and the
Democrats, it’s not going to be difficult even for foreign jihadis to reach
their infidel targets. Of course, the president doesn’t like the word "terror"
to begin with, let alone "Islamic terror." Thanks to him, the Islamic
war against the United States is officially referred to as an "overseas
contingency operation," while domestic Islamic mayhem is filed under the
category "workplace violence." [more...]

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Climate change has been a volatile issue for years, even amongst
leading scientists and researchers from other disciplines. In his new book, Dark Winter: How the Sun is Causing a
30-Year Cold Spell, scientist John L.
Casey, a former White House national space policy advisor, NASA
headquarters consultant and space shuttle engineer, tells the truth about ominous
changes taking place in the climate and the sun.

In
Orlando, Florida, John L. Casey is the lone climate researcher who, for almost eight years, has
been putting the U.S. government's best scientists and science agencies to
shame, when it comes to accurately making major climate predictions. This is
especially true when compared to Al Gore-style global warming politicians,
government funded university Ph.D. climate scientists and the United Nations
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UN-IPCC).

The
UN-IPCC is the UN's climate research arm that historians may someday remember
best for unreliable climate models and associated wildly exaggerated, and
erroneous temperature and sea level rise predictions. The "climategate"
scandal at the UN will likewise be prominent for the disclosure that its
supposed "best climate scientists" falsified or manipulated climate
data to fit the politically motivated manmade global warming storyline. [more...]

Cyber
threats, cyber hacks, cyber attacks, all keep showing up in the news.
This week hackers who claim they were associated with ISIS or the Islamic
State and that referred to themselves as the "Cyber Caliphate"
grabbed control over various U.S. military Twitter and YouTube accounts.
They posted phone numbers that were supposed to belong to military officers and
they released so-called plans for military conflicts with China and North
Korea. They threatened U.S. military personnel with the statement: "American
soldiers, we are coming, watch your back." Was this just a cyber
prank, or was this a sign of more damaging cyber attacks to come in 2015? [more...]

Would
America's economy be safer if today's "too big to fail" banks like
JPMorgan and Chase were broken up into smaller companies? To halt the collapse
of these banks during the 2008-2009 financial crisis, taxpayers and the Federal
Reserve bailed out, the biggest U.S. and foreign banks by arranging an
astonishing $16.115 trillion in loans – more than the entire annual Gross
Domestic Product of the United States. CNN/Money reports JPMorgan Chase – which
today is America's biggest bank by assets – received $25 billion from the U.S.
Treasury's Capital Purchase Program, and $391 billion in “total transactional amounts”
from various sources facilitated by the Federal Reserve, as bailouts. [more...]

I
posted the statement on social media: "It's already happening in Canada
- pastors being arrested for preaching against homosexuality." A
follower named Chris responded after I asked people to define "hate
speech." I got the usual low IQ responses: "anything that comes out
of your mouth," "anything a Republican says," "anything a
conservative says," and so on. But at least Chris took an honest stab at
it... well, as honest as a left-leaning progressive can: "Hate
speech is anything that incites violence... also, specifically it's hate speech
when you do things like compare gays to pedophiles and people who have sex with
animals. ...if they weren't producing hate speech, there would be no
problems." [more...]

The
GOP wants to raise taxes on gasoline and my conservative columnist colleagues
are all aghast. "Bad character, bad politics and bad policy"
one proclaims. "A wet blanket proposal," another chides. Really
gentlemen? Are you actually surprised? The tipoff should have come when
in the lame duck Congress the President’s budget was approved by both Democrats
and Republicans on the premise of never shutting down the government
again. Citibank was allowed to insert, verbatim, their position on the derivative
market and our taxpayer responsibility in case they lose, not if they win. [more...]

As
radical Islamic Jihad threatens our countries, our children and our free
speech, there is a new Neville Chamberlain. His name is Barack Hussein Obama. The
problem is in the words Obama says and doesn’t say. The words he uses to praise
Islam and the words he refuses to say to denounce radical Islam are dangerous
to America. Ask any general. The key to fighting a war is to know your enemy.
In the history of warfare, no one has ever been afraid to say the enemy’s name
out loud. Until now. Until Obama. [more...]

The
jihadists are succeeding in their campaign to squelch freedom of expression in
the West. Many mainstream media outlets have been too afraid to display the
offensive images that were said to have triggered the deadly jihadist attack on
the headquarters of the French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo in
Paris on January 7, 2015. Some media have called into question the judgment of
the Charlie Hebdo editors in publishing their offensive cartoons in the
first place. Others have worried more about the further rise of anti-immigrant
sentiment in Europe than the dangers posed by the rising tide of homegrown
jihadism. [more...]

On
this week's POLITICAL INSIDERS, we discussed the President's decision
not to attend the anti-terror rally in Paris, what our international strategy
should be, and the 2016 Presidential race. Watch our shows here: Sunday Part
1, Part 2, Part
3. Part 4. [more...]

Monday, January 12, 2015

The
awards season is in high gear, and the time period leading up to the Oscars is
now replete with shows that look and feel very much like the upcoming Academy
Awards. Last night's 72nd Golden Globe Awards, as well as the upcoming Screen
Actors Guild (SAG) and Critics' Choice Movie Awards, are likely to have a
significant impact on the ultimate Academy Award winners.

The
effects, however, may be manifesting themselves in very different ways. Various
guild awards typically assert influence on individual categories; for example,
the Directors Guild Awards should expectedly play a large role in determining
the winner of the Academy's Best Director category. Hollywood insiders usually
do not attach a high degree of significance to the Globe awards in terms of
prestige. However, awards such as these do tend to provide public relations
momentum and name recognition, operating as a sort of prelude to the most
coveted awards, the Oscars. [more...]

Although
the consumer sentiment in the U.S. alone appears to be on the rise,
Thanksgiving and Christmas retail sales were lackluster at best and the season
was carried by online sales at best. Unemployment is down and the stock
market up. It all looks good for 2015. But wait... the world is uncertain
due to the withdrawal of American leadership abroad. If you think Greece
caused a worldwide panic, wait until sanctions in Russia really take hold and
the imminent backlash there. Buy beltway bandits or defense stocks with a
focus on cyber security - they will do well. [more...]

Inflation,
whether determined by core, headline, or the feds' own internal measurement, is
not approaching the cyclonic days of yesteryear. As a matter of fact, the world
in general, and the U.S. in particular, cannot even get the rate to a paltry
2%. That's paltry by the '70's standards. Mortgage origination is at all-time
lows. Oil has dropped 55% in 6 months. The housing market's post '08 bubble now
seems to have sprung a leak. The only jobs being offered are minimum wage.
Mainstream media says rates will rise by mid-summer. The economic gang of 68
(those who unanimously predicted 4% 10-year treasuries by the end of 2014) say
increases could be sooner. Even the fed heads are saying "lackluster
inflation won't prevent a rate hike." So, why raise rates? [more...]

Why
does the media lie about race? Why do they lie to cover up for Obama? It
started out as embarrassing and pathetic, but it’s moved on to pure fraud. Why
does the media allow Obama to give press conferences about the handful of black
Americans killed by police officers, but never mention the police officers murdered
by black criminals? It happens all the time, but Obama never says a word about
it. That’s his prerogative, but it’s the media’s job to question him - to point
out the inconsistencies - to call him on the hypocrisy and what looks to both
police officers and law-abiding citizens as a dangerous double standard that
incites violence against police. [more...]

A
new era is upon us. Recently Dish
Network announced their newest project that will be cutting ties with cable
lines. The new Internet streaming service is called Sling TV, which will give
users programming from a package of channels, including ESPN, for $20 a month.
The appeal of watching live sports is what keeps many in the loop with pay TV.
But that was then and this is now. Although CBS and HBO have recently also cut
their ties with cable contracts, Sling TV is the first service from an actual
cable - technically satellite - company to get in the game. Better watch out
Netflix. It looks like it’s time to up your game. Netflix may have a great
thing going for them, but only cable providers such as AT&T U-Verse offer
on-demand accessibility to the box office’s most recent movie releases. [more...]

On
this week's POLITICAL INSIDERS, we discussed the incoming Congress, the
unpopularity among GOP voters of Speaker Boehner and Majority Leader McConnell
and the death of former Governor Mario Cuomo. Watch our shows here: Sunday Part
1, Part 2, Part 3. [more...]

I
believe 2015 is the year that America will witness the end of the
mainstream media. That's a bold statement. Yet, I believe 2015
will turn out to be a significant inflection point in American
history. Years from now, when historians look back at 2015, I believe
it will be considered the year the mainstream media died; and it will be
considered a major turning point in American political and
economic history. Let's look at what really constitutes the mainstream media,
the major trends and how the mainstream media has declined; and the
factors that are causing the end of the mainstream. Finally, and
very importantly, how will the end of the mainstream media impact the 2016
elections? [more...]

Alfred
Hitchcock once said that the drama in movies is like "life with the dull
bits cut out." Along the lines of Hitchcock's quote, some of life's dull
bits are indeed cut out of Angelina Jolie's inspiring directorial triumph,
"Unbroken." However, while Jolie's film was careful to exclude some
of life's more mundane moments, one unfortunate writing and editing move made by
the "Unbroken" decision makers was to not include, within the
dramatic narrative about Louie Zamperini, the most important event in the World
War II veteran and former Olympian’s remarkable life story. [more...]

What Will the New
Republican-Controlled Congress Do About Obamacare, Immigration and Keystone?

What
will the GOP-controlled Congress do now that they control both the Senate and
House? What is their agenda? What will they do about Obamacare, immigration and
Keystone? Now that the U.S. has ended combat operations in Afghanistan, what
will happen in that country? Will the Taliban win in the end – like ISIS in
Iraq? This – and much more – will be discussed by the POLITICAL INSIDERS.
[more...]

Angela Merkel's rationalization at the exit of
Greece from the "great experiment" is acceptable if Germany and
Greece existed in a vacuum. Unfortunately that is not the case. As
bail-ins have become the template for failed banks around the world (think
Cypress), so too will the Greek snap election become the model for Spain, Italy
and even France. Not only Germany but also the top 1% of each European member
have become the winners in the failed experiment. The 1% who have been able to
benefit from artificial asset appreciation continued to believe that the
Keynesian/debt model will exist forever. Didn't Marie Antoinette once say
"let them eat cake?" [more...]

You
might ask "What is the positive side of the Obama presidency?" Well
there are a few groups that should celebrate. For my fellow constitutional and
second amendment patriots, Obama is the greatest gun salesman in history. Over
70 million guns have been purchased since Obama took office. For my fellow
fiscal conservatives and capitalists, Obama is the greatest gold salesman ever.
Conservatives love gold. Gold after all is the antidote to a debt crisis and
lack of confidence in a reckless or incompetent government. That's why record
sums of gold were bought during the past 6 years. Obama is also the greatest
thing to ever happen to print shop owners. While the rest of us are struggling
to keep our heads above water, print shop owners can't keep up with the demand
for "Going Out of Business" and "Home For Sale by Bank"
signs. [more...]

Over the past four decades, Big Labor has continued to
see its membership shrink drastically as its leaders use the same failed
tactics involving forced unionism. The argument that most workers
are better off without unions today is supported by the fact that
unions now represent approximately 11.3% of the total workforce and 6.6% of the
private workforce, a steep fall from their heyday in 1945 when they represented
about 35.5% of the workforce. Yet Big Labor has refused to change. Isn't the
definition of insanity, "continuing to do the same thing, but expecting
different results?" [more...]